Traditional Catholic Novena
Novena for Repentance, Renewal and Rebuilding
Prayed for healing after scandal, repentance, renewal of the Church, protection for victim-survivors, and holiness in the whole Body of Christ.
Repentance, Renewal and Rebuilding is traditionally invoked as patron of repentance, Church renewal, healing, victim-survivors, holiness.
Christ on the Cross, Diego Velazquez (1632)
Pray This Novena
Start with day 1
Begin the novena now, move one day at a time, and come back here whenever you are ready for the next day.
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Private intention
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Day 1 of 9
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Day 1: Repentance
Begin by asking for true repentance, honesty before God, and sorrow for the sins that wound the Church.
Principal Prayer for Each Day
Pray this same prayer each day after the day's meditation.
This nine-day novena is ordered toward repentance, healing, and rebuilding in the life of the Church.
Heavenly Father, we cry out to You to heal those who are victim-survivors of abuse. May they know the depth of Your healing love.
Lord, we pray for the purification of the Church from the evil of abuse. May Your truth bring renewal, courage, and holiness to the whole Body of Christ.
Lord, we pray for an abundance of holiness in the entire Church. We ask for Your blessing and mercy on us all, that we may truly be one Body in Christ.
Pause here for your intention.
Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory Be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. Amen.
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